Prosocial behavior during adolescence is consistently associated with a myriad of positive outcomes including fewer risk-taking behaviors and greater positive affect. Although limited, there is some literature that suggests prosocial behavior is an...

Personality is a major predictor of physical health. While much information on this association exists, inconsistencies are present, and it is unknown whether findings from non-clinical samples generalize to patients with chronic and serious...

This study examines the relationship between parental personal mastery, parents' depressive symptoms and children's internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. Respondents in this study included 282 four- year old children randomly sampled...

Disparities in health and achievement are greater for low income ethnic minorities. There is a growing evidence base that supportive teacher-child relationships are associated with positive socioemotional outcomes and can act as a protective factor...

Gulf Coast communities face many environmental threats that disproportionately impact the health of pregnant women. While the perception of risk strategies often differ across cultural groups, little is known about the detail of these differences....

Parent-child conversations in science museums may support children's interest and understanding of science. Researchers have been investigating programs to optimize parental guidance and deepen families' scientific exploration in museums. Inquiry...

There are few teacher trainings that focus on the development of social and emotional competencies for teachers (SECT) despite a large research base showing its relevance to teaching, learning, and academic success. Research suggests a major reason...

The goal of this qualitative study was to use archival data from a participatory action research (PAR) project to construct a local, culturally informed model of African American children and adolescents' stressors and reactions to stress...

Previous studies investigating interactions between spatial attention and numeric stimuli (see SNARC effect) have identified an attentional bias induced by numeric stimuli in accordance with a mental number line model of processing. This processing...

Metaphors are employed in order to improve communication and foster our understanding of other persons. Labeling outgroup members as something other than human, however, is dehumanizing and suggests that the targets lack human qualities. Past...

An Honors Thesis Presented to The University Honors Program of Loyola University New Orleans In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Psychology with University Honors

Background: Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection with worldwide; it is particularly prevalent amongst HIV positive women. The infection is commonly considered easily treatable, yet repeat infection rates in HIV...

Poor metabolic control is a major health concern for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, particularly for African American youth. The aims of this study were to test the mediating relationship between two variables consistently related...